Just a few months later a series of professionals Counterattack players were banned for betting on their own games, the Esports Integrity Commission issued sanctions “against 35 players for betting crimes ”.
These crimes took place in Australia, North America and Europe, and ESIC is working with the police in each territory, especially in Australia, where that kind of thing can be breaking the law.
Although ESIC says that sanctions are not yet an example of result manipulation, they add that “there is a high possibility that he will issue charges for combining results from the ongoing investigation. ”
Prohibitions, which vary in severity from 12 to 60 months, are for a combination of players who bet on their own games, betting against your team in competitions and generally only betting on matches in the competitions of which you are a part.